WhatsApp : Prodaja Facebooku, Reference Wikipedia, slobodna enciklopedija

WhatsApp je mobilna aplikacija za razmjenu poruka, fotografija i videozapisa putem interneta na pametnim telefonima Aplikacija je dostupna za iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone i Nokia telefone.^[1]

WhatsApp Inc. su 2009. u Mountain Viewu u Kaliforniji osnovali Brian Acton i Jan Koum, bivši zaposlenici Yahooa. U veljači 2014. ta je aplikacija imala preko 450 milijuna aktivnih korisnika.

Prodaja Facebooku

WhatsApp je prodan Facebooku u veljači 2014. za otprilike 19 milijardi dolara.^[2]. Jedan od osnivača WhatsAppa, Brian Acton, 2009. odbijen je na razgovoru za posao u Facebooku.^[3]

Reference

↑ „Archive copy”. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2014-02-21. Pristupljeno 2014-02-23.
↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/02/19/stunner-facebook-to-buy-whatsapp-for-16-billion-in-cash-stock/
↑ „Archive copy”. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2014-11-10. Pristupljeno 2014-02-23.

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